The phosphoryl transfer domain of UhpB interacts with the response regulator UhpA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3149-3159

  Wright III, Jesse S ^a   Kadner, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN UHPA; PROTEIN UHPB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035026696     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3149-3159.2001     Document Type: Article

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